“Strategically partnering with AWS allows both companies to scale to meet demand and deliver enterprise-grade offerings to our customers. He talked about how synergistic the deal was. Aligning more deeply with AWS sends a message to Microsoft, whose Azure infrastructure services compete with AWS.īutterfield didn’t say that of course.

Whether that’s true - Teams is but one piece of a huge technology company - it’s impossible not to look at the deal in this context. In the past, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has had choice words for Microsoft saying the Redmond technology giant sees his company as an “existential threat.” Make no mistake, this is a big deal as the SaaS communications tool increases its ties with AWS, but this agreement could also be about slighting Microsoft and its rival Teams product by making a deal with a cloud rival. “Some parts of Amazon had licensed Slack before, but this is the first time it will be offered as an option to all employees,” an Amazon spokesperson told TechCrunch. At the same time, Amazon has agreed to offer Slack as an option for all internal communications. As part of the deal, Slack will use Amazon Chime for its call feature, while reiterating its commitment to use AWS as its preferred cloud provider to run its infrastructure.

Slack and Amazon announced a big integration late yesterday afternoon.

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